Schedule
DAY 1 / 18 NOVEMBER 2025
Registration
8:00
Session 1 - The Big Picture
9:10
KEYNOTE Address - The fast-changing regulatory landscape
Adam McCarthy, Secretary General, ETRMA
9:30
Circular economy : Bridgestone’s journey to make the ambition a reality
Marco Musaio, Head of End-of-Life Tyre & Circular Economy, Bridgestone
10:00
Future of the tire business globally
David Shaw, Tire Industry Research
Coffee break
10:30
KEYNOTE : New perspectives from the carbon black sector
11:00
John Loudermilk, CEO, Birla Carbon
Understanding and reducing the impact of tyre emissions
Nick Molden, CEO, Emissions Analytics
11:30
PANEL DISCUSSION : What are the top priorities now for the global tire industry?
12:00
Lunch break
12:30
Session 2 - Introducing New Tire Materials
Advances in synthetic rubber technology for the tire industry’s journey to net-zero
Synthos
13:30
14:00
Latest advances with renewable functional fillers
Marinela Crisan, Technical Marketing Manager, UPM Biochemicals
14:30
Assessing the impact of new materials on tire durability
Will Mars, President, Endurica
Coffee break
15:00
15:30
Enabling lighter, more sustainable tires
Tony Mathew, Global Market Manager for Tires, Teijin Aramid
16:00
Navigating LCA challenges in the tire industry – a steel cord perspective
Bekaert
16:30
PANEL DISCUSSION : World’s most sustainable tire
Networking drinks
17:30
DAY 2 / 19 NOVEMBER 2025
Session 1 - Circular, Low Carbon, Efficient Tire Factories
8:30
KEYNOTE : Reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Adrian Kaczmarczyk, SVP, Operations, Nokian Tires
9:00
Creating a model for a sustainable tyre business
Bernd Löwenhaupt, Managing Director, SRI Europe
9:30
TBA
Peter Scholz, Executive Vice President Global Sales & Marketing, HF Group
10:00
TBA
TBA
Coffee break
10:30
How to avoid downtimes by utilizing artificial intelligence?
Tatiana Grosul, Siemens
11:00
Lowering the environmental impact of tire factories
Jacob Peled, Pelmar Engineering
11:30
PANEL DISCUSSION : Future forecast – Tire industry in 2030
12:00
Lunch break
13:00
Session 2 - Innovation Forum
13:45
New chemistry platform for tire rubber devulcanization, materials recovery
Richard Porter, Addible
14:00
Sustainable tire protection
Denis Boiko, Dow Silicones
14:15
Optimising tire calendering with AI and digital twins
Venkatapathi Sagi, Honeywell
15:30
The LOGOS® devulcanization technology
Alessandro Coggi, Rubber Conversion & Comerio Ercole
15:45
New recycling technology
John Redshaw, Plastic Energy
16:00
Circular management of end-of-life tires
Jacinto J. Monserrate G., Seginus
16:15
Route to a low carbon footprint ZnO-based activator
Olivier Roumache, Silox